{"id":408,"date":"2021-06-27T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-27T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iqralaan.wordpress.com\/?p=408"},"modified":"2022-12-30T09:27:32","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T05:27:32","slug":"welcome-friends-day-66-hq627-45-pages-131132","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iqraprinciple.com\/ar\/welcome-friends-day-66-hq627-45-pages-131132\/","title":{"rendered":"HQ 6:27-45, pages 131+132"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Welcome Friends:  Ahlan wa sahlan<\/em>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yesterday, we ended our reading with Verse 26, which discussed the response shown by \u2018Those who Deny,\u2019 towards the Qur\u2019an:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEven as they are prohibiting others from it (the Qur\u2019an), they are distancing themselves from it. And none are they \u2018breaking down\u2019 (<\/strong>\u064a\u0647\u0644\u0643\u0648\u0646<\/strong>)<\/strong> <\/strong>except their (own) Selves without so realizing.<\/strong>\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

COMMENTS:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Before we continue with today\u2019s Reading let us contemplate that amazing statement with the two eloquent Arabi words \u2018yanhawn\/ \u2019\u064a\u0646\u0647\u064e\u0648\u0646and \u2018yan-awn  \u2019\u064a\u0646\u0626\u064e\u0648\u0646\/\u2026 realizing their rhythm, their strength, and their truth:  <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    When someone prohibits another person from the Qur\u2019an, one is in fact inhibiting oneself. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The act of prohibiting other people from the Qur\u2019an works against those who prohibit more efficiently than it works upon their target.  Their prohibition functions initially as a barrier against them -deafening their hearts\/minds to the Qur\u2019anic Message- and then it starts pulling them away from the Qur\u2019an, distancing them, so that there is less and less likelihood that they could ever hear its Message.   By that they break-down their own Selves -literally causing their Selves to expire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    What might have seemed like a mental\/spiritual \u2018breakdown\u2019 is now taking on physical connotations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The \u2018break-down\/expiry\u2019 is none other than Death \u0647\u0644\u0627\u0643 \u2013and we realize this fact when Verse 27 shows these same persons in the Fire!  They wish they could be returned to life so as to believe in God\u2019s Signs, and be among the Faithful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Verse 28 offers us an insight into what would happen if they were, in fact, to be returned:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    They would repeat the same things they were forbidden to do, for they are indeed Liars.  Yusuf Ali uses the word \u2018relapse.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The way I understand it, is that where<\/em> we might be, does not change who<\/em> we are. A Denier who intentionally covers \u0643\u0641\u0631 something s\/he knows to be true, a LIAR, will do so again and again, anytime, anywhere.. even standing before the Fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    2.  Verses 29-31 are even more serious as these persons, who in life were shown to be denying Judgment, are brought to stand before their Lord where a decisive exchange takes place.  In that situation, when asked whether they now see Truth and Justice manifest, and having become incapable of<\/em> lying, they assert that they indeed do, swearing it by their<\/em> Lord (belatedly acknowledging God as their Lord).  Nevertheless, their sentence is pronounced:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u201c\u2026Then taste the \u2018penalty\/suffering\u2019 (Ali\/Asad) in this, what you were Denying!\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Only then do such persons -who denied that they shall be meeting God- truly feel their loss.  They bear the burden of their misdeeds as they voice their regret for having disregarded the (final) Hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    3.  Verse 32 is a statement of fact about this Lowly\/Life in Proximity \u0627\u0644\u062d\u064a\u0627\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u062f\u0646\u064a\u0627 (also HQ29:64; 47:36; 57:20):<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    This Lowly Life is no more than \u2018play and amusement\/play and passing delight\u2019 (Ali\/Asad), while the Hereafter is best for those who are Aware, urging listeners at the end:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     \u201c\u2026Are you not securing comprehension <\/strong>(of this fact)?\u201d (<\/strong>\u0639\u064e\u0642\u064e\u0644\u064e)[1]<\/sup><\/strong><\/sup><\/a><\/strong> to secure\/ hold fast, literally tying\/securing as with a rope, and figuratively as in comprehension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    4.  Verses 33-37 address the Messenger, peace upon him, providing solace and encouragement with descriptions of what previous Messengers had also gone through.  God tells him that He knows that the words of Qureish (his own tribe and family) are causing him grief, but that they are not, in reality, rejecting him:  They are rejecting all God\u2019s evident Signs!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Verse 35 responds to the frustration felt by the Messenger who is doing his best, and still<\/em> being spurned by the heads of Qureish.  The verses seem to indicate that, although those who Deny might be asking for miracles, even if they got them- (whether from up high in the heavens or from the bowels of the earth), things would not change.  (Remember verse 7?  Even if they saw a Compilation in \u2018qirtaas\u2019 \u0642\u0631\u0637\u0627\u0633\u2013in hardcopy- descending from the heavens upon the Messenger, they would still be calling it \u2018Sorcery!\u2019) Such persons will continue to deny, no matter what you do<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    And anyway, the ultimate goal is not that people would be made to go in the right direction, for had that been the goal, God could have joined them all together in His Gifted Guidance.  The direction they take has to be their own personal choice!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The verse ends saying, \u201c\u2026then be not, indeed, among the ignorant<\/strong>.\u201d

    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The powerful \u2018voice\u2019 of God is heard here, addressing His Messenger directly, the rest of us indirectly, as His Messenger dutifully conveys.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    May God\u2019s peace and blessings be upon him, and may WE work in appreciation!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    In verses 36-37 we understand that people are two kinds:  Those who respond to the Message, indicating that they have listened to it, and those who are, in fact, dead (of heart\/mind) \u2013 \u2018mawtaa  \u0645\u0648\u062a\u0649-\u2019 -having neither listened nor responded!  These \u2018Dead\u2019 shall not only be raised, but they shall also be returned to their Creator.  The Messenger is told that, when they ask for Signs to be delivered unto him from His<\/em> Lord, he should reply that God certainly is Capable of sending any Sign, but most of them do not know (notice the pronoun in \u2018his Lord\u2019 here, in life, as compared to \u2018our Lord\u2019 in the Hereafter).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    5.  Verse 38 is a beautiful statement, oft-quoted to illustrate the similarity of all Living Creatures, and the magnificence of their Divine Creator:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u201cThere is not a scurrying creature<\/strong> \u062f\u0627\u0628\u0651\u0629 \/ daabah<\/strong> <\/strong>on earth, nor a flying creature<\/strong> \u0637\u0627\u0626\u0631 \/ Taa\u2019ir <\/strong>on its two wings, but (forms) communities similar to yourselves.<\/strong> <\/strong>Nothing have we omitted in the Compilation, eventually, unto their Lord shall they be gathered.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    All living creatures are similar in that they form their own communities wherein they interact with each other-<\/em> no matter how they transport themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    6.  Verse 39 portrays those who belie or reject God\u2019s Signs as being deaf and dumb in the darkness-es (which they have surrounded themselves with; Remember, by prohibiting others they have inhibited and distanced their own Selves).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Since God has gifted Cognizant Humans His Guidance, only asking us to accept it, it naturally follows that anyone who rejects His guidance would lose direction, whereas people who accept His gifted Guidance would be on a Straightened Path.  The choice WE make is not imposed, although the natural RESULTS for our choices, do follow a set pattern. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Nevertheless, Verses 40-41 present those who Deny God with a challenge, beginning with a question which the Messenger is told to ask of them, if they would respond to it in all honesty!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    When people are in real suffering or facing the Hour (of Judgment) Whom other than God will they call unto? <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    In such a situation, it is only to God that they will address their calls, and when He wills to remove the cause of their distress, they completely forget the deities they were shirking Him for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    7.  <\/strong>Verses 42-43 narrate historical accounts of previous peoples to whom God had sent Messengers, and taken them with both suffering and adversity, perchance they would become tender, feel vulnerable, and reach out to their Compassionate Creator.  We shall ponder upon this shortly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    It\u2019s important to note that when people\u2019s hearts\/minds start hardening, the Deviant\/Sheytaan becomes more successful at embellishing their deeds\/works for them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    In Verses 44-45 we find what might seem like a surprising turn of events, but it isn\u2019t really.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    It\u2019s just that we see such people getting what they had always been striving for (see Q.17:18-19<\/a>):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    So God opens wide the gates of everything for them, at which they heedlessly rejoice, just before they are -all of a sudden- taken into account.  Their erstwhile state of heedless rejoicing turns into a state of utter dumbstruck despair:  They become \u2018mublisoon\u2019\/despairing, hopeless.[2]<\/sup><\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    A point to ponder:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Let\u2019s start with the hardened hearts\/minds which are referred to in Verse 43:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    If left to continue hardening -which is what happens with pride or age- such persons would only be capable of harming others and landing themselves deep inside the dire consequences they created.  Their bad deeds become embellished for them, so they dive deep into such activities,  causing much harm all around them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Now, here we notice how hardship can actually save some people whose hearts are hardening; hardship functioning as a \u2018tenderizer\u2019 for their hearts\/minds.  Ultimately, their hearts\/minds (not everyone\u2019s) will soften and they will become more compassionate to others and kinder to their own Selves.  Such hearts accept no less than the best of recompense, and they shall get it, God-willing. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    As for others, depending on how far gone they are, hardship might alienate them further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    But even the hard-hearted weren\u2019t always so:  They were born with soft hearts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    This is what God is reminding us of in these verses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    A worshipper, when in most tender & vulnerable supplication, is in a state of \u2018taDharru3<\/a>\/\u062a\u0636\u0631\u064f\u0651\u0639\u2019 -an act of basic, inborn, human nature \u2018FiTrah.\u2019  In fact the word \u2018tadharru3\u2019 is of such eloquence that it brought tears to my eyes when I first checked the lexicon.  Let us stop for a moment to reflect upon this verb:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u2018Dhara3a\u2019 [3]<\/sup><\/a><\/sup>  is about tenderness, humility, and the utter vulnerability of newborns as they are breastfeeding. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The noun, Dhar3\/\u0636\u064e\u0631\u0652\u0639 -as it is known by Arabs today- refers to the udder of an animal suckling her young.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The newborn knows no fear; knows only its need for its mother who feeds as she gives love and assurance.  Now, worshippers in a state of \u2018taDharru3\/\u062a\u0636\u0631\u064f\u0651\u0639\u2019 are at their most compliant and vulnerable dependability, realizing their absolute<\/em> need for God, having nothing\/no one other than Him on their minds and in their hearts.   On the other hand, they feel very strong in their conviction.  Their complete Faith in Him is a certitude that goes hand-in-hand with their utter dependability, simply because of this most sacred relationship:  They FEEL, they KNOW He Alone is their Rabb and they adore Him! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Qur\u2019anic words often refer indirectly -in Arabi- to the most tender facets of humanity even as it refers to our relationship with our Creator.  God always points us to the best of what we know, observed in action all around us, represented by motherhood and \u2018al arHaam\/the wombs\u2019 so that we would understand and come to know Him better.  La-ilaaha-illa-Allah!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u0641\u064e\u0642\u064f\u0637\u0650\u0639\u064e \u062f\u064e\u0627\u0628\u0650\u0631\u064f \u0627\u0644\u0652\u0642\u064e\u0648\u0652\u0645\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u064e\u0651\u0630\u0650\u064a\u0646\u064e \u0638\u064e\u0644\u064e\u0645\u064f\u0648\u0627 \u0648\u064e\u0627\u0644\u0652\u062d\u064e\u0645\u0652\u062f\u064f \u0644\u0650\u0644\u064e\u0651\u0647\u0650 \u0631\u064e\u0628\u0650\u0651 \u0627\u0644\u0652\u0639\u064e\u0627\u0644\u064e\u0645\u0650\u064a\u0646\u064e<\/strong> <\/strong>\u200e<\/strong>\ufd3f\u0627\u0644\u0623\u0646\u0639\u0627\u0645: \u0664\u0665\ufd3e\u200f<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Our Reading today ends by telling us that the Wrongdoers shall be terminated (together with their legacy): \u201c\u2026 praise be to God, Lord-Sustainer of the diverse Worlds!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Enough said!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Our next Reading is from HQ6:46-58<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Peace unto all! <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    [1]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u0639\u0642\u0644:<\/strong>\u062d\u064f\u0628\u0652\u0633\u0629 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0634\u064e\u0651\u064a\u0621 \u0623\u0648 \u0645\u0627 \u064a\u0642\u0627\u0631\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u062d\u064f\u0628\u0652\u0633\u0629. \u0645\u0646 \u0630\u0644\u0643 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u064e\u0642\u0652\u0644\u060c \u0648\u0647\u0648 \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0627\u0628\u0633 \u0639\u0646 \u0630\u064e\u0645\u064a\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u064e\u0648\u0644 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0641\u0650\u0639\u0644.\u00a0..\u0642\u0627\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u062e\u0644\u064a\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u064e\u0642\u0644 \u0646\u0642\u064a\u0636 \u0627\u0644\u062c\u0647\u0644. \u0648\u0631\u062c\u0644 \u0639\u064e\u0642\u064f\u0648\u0644\u060c \u0625\u0630\u0627 \u0643\u0627\u0646 \u062d\u0633\u064e\u0646\u064e \u0627\u0644\u0641\u064e\u0647\u0645 \u0648\u0627\u0641\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u064e\u0642\u0652\u0644. \u0639\u0642\u064e\u0644\u0652\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0628\u064e\u0639\u064a\u0631\u064e \u0623\u0639\u0642\u0650\u0644\u064f\u0647 \u0639\u0642\u0644\u0627\u064b\u060c \u0625\u0630\u0627 \u0634\u064e\u062f\u064e\u062f\u062a\u064e \u064a\u062f\u064e\u0647 \u0628\u0639\u0650\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0647\u060c \u0648\u0647\u0648 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u0650\u0651\u0628\u0627\u0637\u2026\u00a0\u0641\u0623\u0645\u0651\u0627 \u0642\u0648\u0644\u064f\u0647\u0645: \u0641\u0644\u0627\u0646\u0629\u064f \u0639\u0642\u064a\u0644\u0629\u064f \u0642\u0648\u0645\u0650\u0647\u0627\u060c \u0641\u0647\u064a \u0643\u0631\u064a\u0645\u062a\u064f\u0647\u0645 \u0648\u062e\u064a\u0627\u0631\u0647\u0645. \u0648\u064a\u064f\u0648\u0635\u064e\u0641 \u0628\u0630\u0644\u0643 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u064a\u0650\u0651\u062f \u0623\u064a\u0636\u0627\u064b \u0641\u064a\u0642\u0627\u0644: \u0647\u0648 \u0639\u0642\u064a\u0644\u0629 \u0642\u0648\u0645\u0647. \u0648\u0639\u0642\u064a\u0644\u0629\u064f \u0643\u0644\u0650\u0651 \u0634\u064a\u0621\u064d: \u0623\u0643\u0631\u0645\u064f\u0647. \u0648\u0627\u0644\u062f\u064f\u0651\u0631\u0651\u0629: \u0639\u064e\u0642\u064a\u0644\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0628\u062d\u0631.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    [2]<\/a> From root verb \u2018balasa.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u0628\u064e\u0644\u064e\u0633\u064e: \u0641\u064e\u0627\u0644\u0652\u0623\u064e\u0635\u0652\u0644\u064f \u0627\u0644\u0652\u064a\u064e\u0623\u0652\u0633\u064f\u060c \u064a\u064f\u0642\u064e\u0627\u0644\u064f \u0623\u064e\u0628\u0652\u0644\u064e\u0633\u064e \u0625\u0650\u0630\u064e\u0627 \u064a\u064e\u0626\u0650\u0633\u064e. \u0642\u064e\u0627\u0644\u064e \u0627\u0644\u0644\u064e\u0651\u0647\u064f \u062a\u064e\u0639\u064e\u0627\u0644\u064e\u0649: {\u0625\u0650\u0630\u064e\u0627 \u0647\u064f\u0645\u0652 \u0641\u0650\u064a\u0647\u0650 \u0645\u064f\u0628\u0652\u0644\u0650\u0633\u064f\u0648\u0646\u064e} [\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0624\u0645\u0646\u0648\u0646: 77] \u060c \u0642\u064e\u0627\u0644\u064f\u0648\u0627: \u0648\u064e\u0645\u0650\u0646\u0652 \u0630\u064e\u0644\u0650\u0643\u064e \u0627\u0634\u0652\u062a\u064f\u0642\u064e\u0651 \u0627\u0633\u0652\u0645\u064f \u0625\u0650\u0628\u0652\u0644\u0650\u064a\u0633\u064e\u060c \u0643\u064e\u0623\u064e\u0646\u064e\u0651\u0647\u064f \u064a\u064e\u0626\u0650\u0633\u064e \u0645\u0650\u0646\u0652 \u0631\u064e\u062d\u0652\u0645\u064e\u0629\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u064e\u0651\u0647\u0650.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    This is also what happened to \u2018Iblees,\u2019 who after his disobedience became known as The SheyTaan.  A study of the root-verb \u2018balasa\u2019  helps us understand the two main characteristics of Iblees (before he disobeyed).  The Arabi definition indicates \u2018immobility; being dumbstruck, and also in despair.\u2019  Again, this is all \u2018gheyb\/unseen\u2019 but we might deduce that he had first been uncommunicative as to the limits of his obedience to God AND his resentment when Adam was created.  After that, he might have despaired of himself, or any other creature gaining superiority over Cognizant Humans.  That seems to be the point in time when he became the Deviant\/Sheytaan whose sole mission is to make subtle, inaudible suggestions (\u0648\u0633\u0648\u0627\u0633 \/ wiswaas) to urge as many Humans as he possibly could, to their own self- destruction.  But as we learnt in HQ4:76, he has no power over us; his guile is indeed weak (See Blog Post Day 45<\/a>). If you read Muhammad Asad\u2019s account, do check his note 34.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    [3]<\/a> “\u0636\u064e\u0631\u064e\u0639\u064e: \u064a\u064e\u062f\u064f\u0644\u064f\u0651 \u0639\u064e\u0644\u064e\u0649 \u0644\u0650\u064a\u0646\u064d \u0641\u0650\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0634\u064e\u0651\u064a\u0652\u0621\u0650. \u0645\u0650\u0646\u0652 \u0630\u064e\u0644\u0650\u0643\u064e \u0636\u064e\u0631\u064e\u0639\u064e \u0627\u0644\u0631\u064e\u0651\u062c\u064f\u0644\u064f \u0636\u064e\u0631\u064e\u0627\u0639\u064e\u0629\u064b\u060c \u0625\u0650\u0630\u064e\u0627 \u0630\u064e\u0644\u064e\u0651. \u0648\u064e\u0631\u064e\u062c\u064f\u0644\u064c \u0636\u064e\u0631\u064e\u0639\u064c. \u0636\u064e\u0639\u0650\u064a\u0641\u064c\u2026..\u0648\u064e\u0645\u0650\u0646\u064e \u0627\u0644\u0652\u0628\u064e\u0627\u0628\u0650 \u0636\u064e\u0631\u0652\u0639\u064f \u0627\u0644\u0634\u064e\u0651\u0627\u0629\u0650 \u0648\u064e\u063a\u064e\u064a\u0652\u0631\u0650\u0647\u0650\u060c \u0633\u064f\u0645\u0650\u0651\u064a\u064e \u0628\u0650\u0630\u064e\u0644\u0650\u0643\u064e \u0644\u0650\u0645\u064e\u0627 \u0641\u0650\u064a\u0647\u0650 \u0645\u0650\u0646\u0652 \u0644\u0650\u064a\u0646\u064d. \u0648\u064e\u064a\u064f\u0642\u064e\u0627\u0644\u064f: \u0623\u064e\u0636\u0652\u0631\u064e\u0639\u064e\u062a\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u0646\u064e\u0651\u0627\u0642\u064e\u0629\u064f\u060c \u0625\u0650\u0630\u064e\u0627 \u0646\u064e\u0632\u064e\u0644\u064e \u0644\u064e\u0628\u064e\u0646\u064f\u0647\u064e\u0627 \u0639\u0650\u0646\u0652\u062f\u064e \u0642\u064f\u0631\u0652\u0628\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u0646\u064e\u0651\u062a\u064e\u0627\u062c.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Welcome Friends:  Ahlan wa sahlan! Yesterday, we ended our reading with Verse 26, which discussed the response shown by \u2018Those who Deny,\u2019 towards the Qur\u2019an: \u201cEven as they are prohibiting others from it (the Qur\u2019an), they are distancing themselves from it. And none are they \u2018breaking down\u2019 (\u064a\u0647\u0644\u0643\u0648\u0646) except their (own) Selves without so realizing.\u201d COMMENTS: Before we continue […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quran-blog"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t